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Living in a computing world: a step towards making knowledge of computing accessible to every student

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ACM Inroads, Volume 3, Issue 2

Pages 78 - 81

https://doi.org/10.1145/2189835.2189860

Published: 01 June 2012 Publication History

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The new CS Principles course provides an opportunity to advance the goal of making knowledge of computing and computer science accessible to every student. A pilot course used to inform the development of the CS Principles curriculum framework enabled its instructor to explore alternative pedagogical practices in pursuit of that goal. This article presents observations and reflections of the instructor with respect to these attempted practices.

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Sung KSnyder L(2014)A case of computer science principles with traditional text-based programming languagesJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/2667369.266739930:1(161-172)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2667369.2667399

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Living in a computing world: a step towards making knowledge of computing accessible to every student
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
      2. Model curricula

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Beth BLin CVeletsianos G(2015)Training a diverse computer science teacher populationACM Inroads10.1145/28299786:4(94-97)Online publication date: 17-Nov-2015
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Sung KSnyder L(2014)A case of computer science principles with traditional text-based programming languagesJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/2667369.266739930:1(161-172)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2667369.2667399

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